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Chicago's punk trio, This Obsession, began in the Summer of 09'. The band consists of Mark on guitar/vocals. Jess on bass/backing vocals, and Jon on the drums. Since starting the band, the three-piece has put time into making success out of what they have created, not giving up, and moving forward with what they can do.

"Nowerdays it's hard to find a serious local band. When you're young, you're always stuck in the high school scene, but now we've managed to get out of it and take our music a step further. We just recorded a 6 track EP, and shelled out cash to professionally package them, and are booking shows in actual venues in Chicago. We love this band to death, and want to make it a big deal. It's not about money, or fame, because if it was, we all would have done something stupid to make news worthy headlines. Trust me, I would at least. Jess is too nice. (Laughs). We just want to meet new people all over the world and travel with our music and spread it. It's the coolest job and that's what our goals are. We're pushing for it and will NEVER stop." says Mark.

Recording the new EP started in January, and was finally released on May 21st, 2011. This Obsession hired Vincent Ippolito of SRS Recordings to produce their first record, which required months of hard work and lots of planning. The EP is self-titled and consists of 6 songs such as "Raccoon Flying Over Summer","The Girl That I Work With", and "My Chevy Impala". "It is by far the best recording we have done so far with sound and effort." says Mark. The frontman continued to speak saying "Vince, who did our record was really hardcore about the whole process. It all had to be done a certain way. We had to lay out all the drum tracks, and then bass tracks, followed by guitar, double it, and then vocals and what not. Each instrument recording took days to complete. If it wasn't done right, it's not getting finished then until we are ALL satisfied, and Vince made sure of that".

After going through rough demos that were released only over the internet, the Chicago punk trio can finally say they are satisfied with the new recordings. The self titled EP is now sold for $5. PICK UP YOURS TODAY!!!

Death and Memphis is the result of punk veterans (ex- and current members of The Bomb, My Big Beautiful, Boneyard Brawlers) deciding that music should be more about celebrating the best times as well as the bad, keeping things simple, drinking with friends and sharing experiences and life.

Death and Memphis is the result of people deciding that music should be more about celebrating the best of times as well as the bad, keeping things simple, spending time with friends and sharing the experiences of our lives.